A block, I live sound side...Can't beat living at the beach and going to UNCW (5 mins away) even though the waves suck.
about 1:30 drive. thanks to some great forecasters (thanks swellinfo) I can usually move around my work schedule if need be to make it down for waves. I feel one good ride always justifies the trip.
Drive time to the beach house is 4.5 hours (x 3 times a month off season). Walking time from beach house is 30 seconds. I can only do what I do in DC so I make the best of it. Waves could be waist high wind slop in 40 degree water and I am paddling out. Grinning.
1.5-6 hours depending on where I'm headed. I would love to live closer to the ocean but the realities of work/life are prohibitive.
2.5 hours from both DE and OC/Assateague these days. Lived a short bike ride with my longboard tucked under my arm from local spots in Carpinteria, CA for a while (and about 5 minutes by car from Rincon). Mom moved from Carp to Santa Barbara, so it's not too tough to find surf when I head home, but that doesn't happen often enough...
30-45 mins depending on which spot is working on any given day. Some days I work about 10 mins from a good spot so makes weekday sesh easier. I HATE driving 45 mins for the marginal waves, but I just do it. Speaking of driving both of the last two Saturdays I have surfed with two guys who drove 2+ hours from VA bch to MD for waist high waves. These guys had STOKE.
Will travel 4 waves...fortunate I live seven blocks from the beach...granted it's usually thigh high but hey, its the east coast. Only 50 minutes to Wrightsville which is ALWAYS better than thigh high 7 blocks away!!!
Good thread. I thought Offshore and I had it bad but its reassuring to hear that others travel just as far as we do. For me, size doesn't matter much either. If I can get a swell to line up with a day off or if I can get on it after work I will. Whether its head high or thigh high I'll usually make the 2 hour drive to catch a session. Gotta keep the stoke alive!
I live 5 minutes from the beach, but 45 minutes from a beach that breaks and 2 hours from a beach that breaks with any consistency. It's pretty goddamned frustrating...
i live 3 blocks from the beach...but its always closeout shorebreak on 99% of swells. So a 5-10 min drive to a better beach.
2 hour drive from school this fall semester i managed to get my feet wet at least once a week the whole semester. cant complain about that!
35 min in the off season up to an hour and a half in the summer. Looking to buy a home near the beach soon. Traffic can be crazy inn the summer.
2006-2010 paying dues inland 1hr 45 min. Now maybe 20 setups within 20 mins of my house depending on the swell direction and wind. Closest 3 mins... but 10 mins to some of the more consistent quality breaks. Of course most of these spots require a long paddle out once you get there. I did one last week that required a half mile paddle out on a SUP to a buoy then another 1/3rd of a mile to the top of the reef.
